Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-22
POLITICAL COMMENT.
Some Short but Brainy Paragraphs
From Leading Exchanges.

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From Leading Exchanges.
AN ANXIOUS exchange wants to
know what Gov. Martin thinks about
Blaine's CHASING tobacco among the
|necessaries of life?
Wien capitalists fly to Washington
to get American labor protected, the
workingman puts on his thinking cap.
|-Dermot Enterprise.
It is said to be a matter of history
that the United States has never yet
rejected revenue measure sent to it
by the house.-Wyandott Herald.
Blaine is said to be planning a
triumphal march to be made through
this country next summer. It speaks
volumes for his wisdom that he is go
ing to have his triumph before it is
time to count the votes.-Pratt Hesgis'
ter.
The message of President Cleveland
is an appeal against vicious, inequit-
able and unnecessary taxation based
on the idea of sustaining Improbable
industries at the expense of profitable
industries es.-Philadelphia Record.
The presidents message is the most
heroic and statesman like document
that has emenated from the White
House since the martyred Lincoln
wrote the emancipation proclamation.
He has risen above all party and is to-
day the popular leader of the people,
Kinsley Banner Graphic.
One gratifying feature of the situa-
tion is that the next canvass will be an
impersonal one. The dirt mill was ex-
hausted in the last contest, and there
is no fresh material TO start it again.
Next years battle will be one of ideas.
It will be struggle between principles
for supremacy.-Leavenworth Stand
ard.
The message is able and statesman
like; luminous in style, perspicuous in
statement; clear in its reasoning, and
irrefutable in it's conclusions. 1t is
moderate protection doctrine such as
has been exemplified more than once
in the public utterances of both the
great political parties. Chicago Irib-
,rsse, trepublican.)
Few public documents have ever at
tracted so much comment as the pres
ident's message, and few if any have
ever received as much praise from the
enlightened press Of the nation. All
the democratic press, all the independ-
ent press and part of the republican
press have nothing but praises for the
president and the message.-Ness City
Sentinel.
With credit to his own courage, in
telligence and devotion to q public
trust, and, to what it may confidently
be hoped will be to the advantage of
the general welfare, the president has
met situation of graver Importance
and more general concern than any
which has arisen since the war. 1t
remains for congress to discharge its
OupS III t1hO op1IO uIN OAcNAOSAOhs
Chicago Herald. (Ind.)
Our republican exchanges are dis
cussing the tariff in spirit very diff
ferent from that manifested in the past
two years. Secure behind their en-
trenchments, they doubted if the en-
emy had the courage to move on their
works. The presidents message is in
the nature of demand for a surrend-
er, a fight, or fOotrace. Il propose
Immediately to move on your works, =
is the substance of the message
Louisville Courier-JOurnGt.
With little consideration for the free
trader and possibly less for the pro-
tectionist, the president says existing
revenue laws are bringing too much
money, the government is boarding
money that properly belongs TO trade.
We must remove the cause of this
predicament by cutting off some of the
custom duties. The message is short,
but every word is wisdom, and it will
be read by more citizens than any other
message since Lincoln's first commu-
lnication to ongress.-Atchison Pat
riot.
When we reflect that the republican
court has decided that the democratic
court that convicted Jake Sharp was
in error and that venerable distributor
of 81 ,O0e bills should be at large ON
bail waiting for the issue of the race
between time and new trial-when